Muhammad Murad Ghaleb (1 April 1922 – 18 December 2007 in

Cairo Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...

) was an Egyptian politician and diplomat who studied medicine at

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Career

Ghaleb supported the revolution of 1952, and between 1955 and 1960 served as vice-minister for foreign affairs. From 1960-1961 he was the ambassador of Egypt to Congo. Between 1961 and 1971 served as ambassador of Egypt to the

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

. In September 1971 was appointed as minister of state for foreign affairs and served as minister of foreign affairs from January to September 1972. In 1973-1974 he served in a diplomatic post in Libya. In 1974–1977 he was the ambassador of Egypt to

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

. In 1977 he resigned from the ministry of foreign affairs in protest of Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel, and from then onward he dealt with activities for

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. From 1988 until his death he served as president of Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organization, with its headquarters in Cairo.

References

External links

List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Egypt

1972 news report mentioning Ghaleb

* 1922 births 2007 deaths 20th-century Egyptian diplomats Ministers of foreign affairs of Egypt Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Ambassadors of Egypt to the Republic of the Congo Ambassadors of Egypt to the Soviet Union Ambassadors of Egypt to Yugoslavia Egyptian expatriates in Libya {{Egypt-politician-stub Nasserists Alexandria University alumni